Ardex Adhesives Training Day Discussion Thread

[Dumbo]

To be honest im mr cynical ,
So free training days great , freebies paying for loss of earnings i doubt it .
Ie were you given 10 bags of adhesive to sell on to your next customer . Would you care to expand how your loss of earnings were covered

 

[J Sid]

20 bags I think 😁
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I don't think you can ever look at these days as lose of earnings. If the course is good and you learn something, even if it's not to use that cutter or this adhesive, then it's been a good day.

 

[Wesley]

To be honest im mr cynical ,
So free training days great , freebies paying for loss of earnings i doubt it .
Ie were you given 10 bags of adhesive to sell on to your next customer . Would you care to expand how your loss of earnings were covered

Wow....really !!. Like Julian said, it’s not all about the loss of earnings. I went to learn something new, that hopefully will be useful to me in the future and allow me to earn a bit more when the situation arises.
I did come away with some adhesive and grout to complete a medium size kitchen floor job, buts that’s not what I went for !. I learnt something new, tried my hand with some equipment I hadn’t used before, tried some products that were new to me and made some new, helpful contacts.
A successful day, in my book, and it didn’t cost me anything - surely that’s a win - win. ?

 

[Dumbo]

Wow....really !!. Like Julian said, it’s not all about the loss of earnings. I went to learn something new, that hopefully will be useful to me in the future and allow me to earn a bit more when the situation arises.
I did come away with some adhesive and grout to complete a medium size kitchen floor job, buts that’s not what I went for !. I learnt something new, tried my hand with some equipment I hadn’t used before, tried some products that were new to me and made some new, helpful contacts.
A successful day, in my book, and it didn’t cost me anything - surely that’s a win - win. ?

If you read my response i didnt criticise the training i was just curious as to your claim that you came away with enough freebies to more than cover your costs

 

[Time's Ran Out]

You can’t put a value on learning!
If I was 30 years younger I’d go on every course available if it’s the only way of gaining experience. The lack of apprenticeships available and some of the poor standard tiling being done means there is going to be a shortage of quality tradespersons in tiling.
I think it’s great that Ardex have provided this facility and that we are taking advantage - also nice to get feedback.